Hong Kong residents, businesses slowly waking up to Greater Bay Area’s potential – but more needs to be done, say experts and politicians
- More Hongkongers are visiting, working, living across the border as Beijing blueprint for region takes shape
- Anti-government protests in 2019, Covid-19 pandemic among reasons city did not take full advantage of opportunities
February 18 marks five years since Beijing unveiled its blueprint to turn the Greater Bay Area into a hi-tech powerhouse by 2035. The region of more than 86 million people covers Hong Kong, Macau and nine Guangdong cities.
Hongkonger Henry Lim Chuen-choy catches a high-speed train from West Kowloon every morning, taking about 45 minutes to reach his office in Shenzhen, in mainland China’s Guangdong province.
Lim studied medicine in London and practised in Britain and Singapore before returning to Hong Kong. He had a senior management position at a private hospital in the city before he left for the bay area.
“The primary care sector of the region has not yet taken full shape, which means huge room for development and unlimited possibilities for me,” he said.
